Patreon Supporter Recognition 2018

[rhombus]

The award voting continues, but we admins and mods wanted to take a moment to recognize those who help to keep this forum going.  As all of you know, the forum had to move to a self-supporting system when we decided to migrate away from TapaTalk.  As such we are entirely dependent on the generous financial support of fellow members on Patreon to keep the forum up and running.  And our members certainly rose to the occasion!  Between the support of our supporters ($3 and above monthly) and major supporters ($10 and above monthly) not only is this forum self-supported, but we now are building up the resources for potential future improvements.

From the bottoms of our hearts, we would like to thank each and every one of you who has supported the forum since its transition.  As a token of the forum’s gratitude, we invite this year’s Patreon supporters to choose any one of these banners in the following posts from your respective donation class.  With your continued support we have no doubt that the forum’s best days are yet to come! 

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For Major Supporters ($10 a month or more)

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For Supporters ($3 a month or more)

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

Oh hey we reached and even surpassed the $50 level. Nice!

[Littlefoot505]

Oh hey we reached and even surpassed the $50 level. Nice!

If that's the case, that's amazing!!

[Flathead770]

Oh wow has it been 6 months already since the Patreon page was set up? At any rate, I think I'll pick the Ruby one.

It's good to see that the goal was indeed met. Hopefully we won't be running into any more trouble from here on out.

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

At any rate, I think I'll pick the Ruby one.

Do we have to claim them? If so, I used the Petrie's Mom one

[Sneak]

Well, it's not Petrie's mom, it's mama flyer from LBT1 and kids.

Wait, there's 4+4 users and 4+4 banners only, so if somebody picked up one banner, I have to pick another one?

I prefer to pick LBT1 mama flyer, if it is not available - I pick Petrie and Guido.

[rhombus]

Thanks again for all of your support!  I wanted to take the time to answer some questions that have popped up.

@aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) 
Indeed we were able to make the top tier of $50 a month through the support of all of you Patreon (and PayPal) supporters.  The ability to have some revenue beyond what is necessary to support the server will allow for future improvements and regular code updates, unlike what we had with Invisionfree.

@Sneak and LettuceBacon&Tomato
My understanding is that any supporter can pick any banner they want in their given category.  So if both of you want the flyer one then that is perfectly fine, both of you can pick the flyer one. 

@Flathead770
It has not been six months yet, but the originally planned 6 month requirement was waived for this award period due to it coming so shortly after the forum transition.  In future years we plan to impose a requirement that people have donated for a certain amount of time in the previous year to receive the banner.

[Sneak]

Thank you! then I made a choice!

[Petrie]

I like the pteranodon mother giving cherries...like giving rewards to the group.